Boas, Walter

Walter Boas
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Name	Boas, Walter Gender: M
Birthname	Walter Moritz Boas
born on	10 February 1904 at 14:15 (= 2:15 PM )
Place	Berlin, Germany, 52n29, 13e21
Timezone	CET h1e (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	20°24' 15°26 Asc. 21°00'

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Walter Boas (in London, 1952)

Biography

German-Australian metallurgist in whose honour The Walter Boas Medal of the Australian Institute of Physics is named.

Boas was educated at the Berlin Institute of Technology (Dip. Engin. 1928, Dr.-Ing. 1930). After several positions at German and Swiss institutions, Boas became a lecturer in metallurgy at University of Melbourne in 1938; then from 1940 to 1947, senior lecturer. From 1947 to 1949, Boas was principal research officer, CSIR Division of Tribophysics; and from 1949 to 1969 chief of the division.

Walter Moritz Boas FAA died on 12 May 1982 at age 78 in Melbourne.

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Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 12 May 1982 (Age 78)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Berlin archives (no. 153).

Categories

• Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (Germany to Australia)

• Vocation : Education : Researcher

• Vocation : Education : Teacher

• Vocation : Science : Physics (Metallurgist)

• Notable : Awards : Vocational award (Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science)